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maldon_road

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  1. If you recall, last Spring, just before the summer adjournment, House business degenerated into bedlam with all sorts of maneuvers being used to shut down committee work. If that should happen in the new session Harper would have an argument to pull the plug.
  2. Or at least that is what they want the Oppos to think.
  3. Dion is giving himself wiggle-room. He seems to be concentrtaing on Afghanistan rather than Kyoto and I'm sure whatever is in the Speech from the Throne he will be able to "live with". Harper may not be the most popular PM ever but there is no real dislike of him. If the Libs are stupid enough to force an election Harper will get back in.
  4. LifeSiteNews will publish anything that makes gays look bad. However, I hope we are not going to judge gays on the basis of one incident anymore than we would aboriginals, Hispanics, blacks etc.
  5. Why Canada must take on Britain over the 1701 Act of Settlement For a Canadian monarchist, the joyous news this summer came by way of an announcement that Peter Phillips, the only son of Princess Anne, was engaged to Autumn Kelly of Montreal. The not-so-happy news came a few days later in The Daily Telegraph, which reported that Mr. Phillips will have to renounce his claim to the throne if he proceeds with the marriage. Ms. Kelly, it turns out, is a Roman Catholic -- as are the plurality of Canadians. That marriage to any Canadian would disqualify the Queen's grandson from becoming Canada's head of state is absurd. Though renunciation in these circumstances is not without precedent in Britain, the prospect of Mr. Phillips being subjected to religious bigotry is so repugnant to Canadian values that Prime Minister Stephen Harper cannot allow it to stand.... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ialComment/home
  6. I have been told many times by my friends in the religious right that my marriage is in jeopardy because of SSM. I keep asking how. I am still waiting for an answer.
  7. Yes, the NDP might pull a few votes away from the Liberals in Outremont, maybe even enough to let the Bloc win the by-election. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news...63-f5f5c7b48097
  8. Bad news for the Libs if the next election is on the environment. The Liberals had their chance with Kyoto and blew it. Big winners in such a case would be the NDP and Greens. And ultimately the CPC who would win the election. In fact I have a great deal of difficulty seeing Harper losing the election no matter what the issues are. There is no great dislike of him across the country and when you add to that the fact that Dion is a big blah and the NDP are going nowhere it's not surprising that none of the opposition parties is anxious for an election.
  9. Teen Sex Case Puts Turkey's Judicial System in Spotlight Marco thought the British girl was 15 Teenagers are rarely prosecuted for having sex, but a 13-year-old British girl has managed to put a 17-year old-German boy behind bars in Turkey. The case has become a thorn in German-Turkish relations. Turkey's Antalya coast is enormously popular among German and British tourists for its pristine beaches, sporting activities and nightlife. A 17-year-old high school student from the small northern German town of Ülzen, identified as Marco W. in German media reports, had spent the Easter break with his parents at a five-star hotel resort in Side. But on April 12, Marco's holiday turned into a nightmare. Turkish police officers arrested him for having sex with a 13-year-old Briton, known in German media as Charlotte M. The mother of the Manchester girl had accused Marco of sexually abusing her daughter after he had been invited up to the girl's hotel room.... http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2750314,00.html
  10. We all know how successful the UN has been at promoting human rights...
  11. The electorate is restless. You can tell that from the polls with both the Libs and Cons going up and down depending on which poll you read. No party could tell what the outcome of an election would be should the Oppos pull down the government. Since the Opposition is all pro-Kyoto they could defeat the government on that anytime. They have already had a vote on Afghanistan - that a commitment be made now to pull out the troops in 2009. The NDP voted with the Cons so that shows you how keen they are to have an election. Right now I just see posturing. The atmosphere in the House was poisonous last Spring and I don't think it will be any better this Fall. But I don't see the government falling. I don't think any of the opposition parties can see any gains to made in forcing an election.
  12. Flippant? I don't think there is anything flippant at all about this. But it is Duceppe who now wants to discuss an issue he was quite prepared to leave until 2009. To me he is exploiting the issue.
  13. Flippant? That's Duceppe who now wants to discuss an issue he was quite prepared to leave until 2009.
  14. Both these guys are trying to exploit the deaths on the VanDoos but trying to avoid a public backlash. There is no justification for Harper to make any kind of commitment at this point. The House will get a chance to vote on the issue in 2009. At least Dion is smart enough not to try and threaren an election out of it.
  15. If there is an election it would have to be poll related. Harper has said he would not call an election until 2009 but he might try to finagle opposition obstruction as an excuse. To get the Liberals defeated would require all three parties to bring them down and I can't see all three believing simultaneously that their electoral prospects will be good enough to do this.
  16. And just imagine what would have happened if the Pope had decided to talk about Judaism or the Danish cartoonists had decided to scribble a few drawing?
  17. Isn't the Bloc's position to stay in Afghanistan until 2009? How can Duceppe justify such a N/C motion then?
  18. The test is, if they had chosen to dress up as nuns, or rabbis, or Buddhist monks would there have been "complaints about racism" and would they have been asked to leave? Where I live a couple of morning men on the radio were seen advertising their program on posters as nuns with the caption, "nun funnier". No complaints that I am aware of. But suppose they had worn burkhas instead. Would the local imam have kicked up a fuss?
  19. Some evidence as well as accusations would be nice. That is beyond the fact that they might have been wearing the same boots as the police.
  20. Do I recall something a few years ago at the Brooklyn Museum of Art? Christ on the cross in urine? I remember Rudy raising hell about it since it was a publically funded museum.
  21. I'm going to be in New York in a few days. I sure hope that isn't in Farenheit. As for the guy who wonders why all conversations get round to Islam, if the Danish cartoonist had decided to parody Catholics or the Pope had talked about Jews would we have seen rioting in the streets? If Salmand Rushdie had decided to write about Baptists would he have received death threats? There is a Muslim cleric in prison in England for telling his followers that they have an obligation to go out and kill a Jew. Did you ever hear an Anglican priest say anything like that?
  22. I bought a Dodge Aspen the year it came out, a vehicle later described by the Society of Automotive Engineers as the worst car ever made.
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